PET in the diagnosis and management of patients with brain metastasis: current role and future perspectives

Yannic WaerzeggersLaboratory for Gene Therapy and Molecular Imaging at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research with Klaus Joachim Zülch Laboratories of the Max Planck Society and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyCancer Biomark 7:219-33. 2010

..An isolated enlargement of the fourth ventricle is a rare complication in clinically deteriorated patients with neurosarcoidosis and ventricular drainage, which may require neurosurgical treatment...

Intraoperative functional MRI as a new approach to monitor deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease

..With several examples of patients and volunteers, the applicability for stereotactic neurosurgery is demonstrated...

PET in the diagnosis and management of patients with brain metastasis: current role and future perspectives

Yannic WaerzeggersLaboratory for Gene Therapy and Molecular Imaging at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research with Klaus Joachim Zülch Laboratories of the Max Planck Society and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne, Cologne, GermanyCancer Biomark 7:219-33. 2010

..This article reviews the current application of PET imaging in patients with metastatic brain disease...